Nevada Bob Gordon

Lily, co-owner of the Silver Lotus. This is Lily, who owns a great little record store in New Orleans, the Silver Lotus. She is selling Nevada Bob's  CD and book in tandem. If you were to check it out you might be surprised at how rare and most excellent her record collection is. It's no ordinary store. It's full of treasures including unique gifts, arts and jewelry. Indonesia-born Lily and her husband Brian Monk also own an equally special jewelry store one block away. After Lily graduated from college, she started working at a marketing/ad agency in town. "After a year the agency downsized, and people like me got axed." Lily said. "One way to deal with it was to start a business where I could never get axed again." "When something like that happens, a lot of people in the same industry are looking for openings. New Orleans is a small town, so we were competing in the same space." They started their business importing handmade items from Indon...

 Starting with Birdland... As you can see, they're really eating it up. Nevada Bob with photographer Gary Firstenberg. Related Links You can  purchase a copy of the book  here .  Ask your library and your local bookstores to carry it as well.  So far every Amazon review is Five Stars.  A Brief Visit with Photographer Gary Firstenberg

BOB GORDON (Nevada Bob) was born in Alaska in 1939. As a young Navy man, he traveled the world. Stateside, he met the love of his life, Carol Newton, a tall black-haired beauty and the heroine of his ironically titled memoir. They married, and Bob became a Seattle cop. After being fired for improper conduct—around the time his astronaut cousin Richard Gordon was orbiting the moon on Apollo 12—he vowed to change his ways. Bob moved Carol and their four kids (eventually, there were seven) to Oregon, marking the beginning of an adventurous, hard-working life. After Carol died in 2020, Bob wrote and recorded a song for her for his album, Long Train To Nowhere. Today, Bob continues to write and record country music, travel, and enjoy the love of his children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.   His tongue-in-cheek titled memoir, 50 Years with the Wrong Woman , celebrates the highs and lows of a spirited, challenging life. Nevada Bob Gordon, a husband, father of seven, Navy man, po...